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NOT GUILTY.   George Zimmerman is a free man.   God help him in his life, he'll need it.

Gun hater= Z guilty Gun owner= Z innocent DaveS = WTF? :)

  Y'all quit bragging. We have some kickass ghettos in Nashville too.

I believe that the correct verdict was reached based upon the facts in evidence however, I won't revel in it and attempt to serve anyone a dish of fresh crow. There are folks I know and respect here and elsewhere on both sides of the issue. I pray that the fears of unrest are blown out of proportion and come to naught, but I still have taken precautions based upon the chatter on social media. Before you go to bed tonight hug your kids because regardless of your parenting, they could make a poor decision and end up like Martin. Also, ask God for guidance so you don't make a poor decision and end up in the same position as Zimmerman. This was a shitty situation for everyone involved. Let us now work to move past the rifts and divisions that the media and race pimps have sought to sow between us.

A child with downs is not retarded its a special gift for God give to those who can bear the extra work to give them a good life.

  If you hear a string of gunfire that just doesn't quit, you'll know that they made it to 6.8 AR's front porch :)

Somehow the results of this case (whether he'd been found guilty/not guilty) would have zero bearing how I defend myself or whether or not I would dismount my vehicle to follow someone I deem suspicious down a dark street. We all make decisions in life and we are beholden to those decisions.

"If the head was split, you must acquit". Sent from my SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I'll get that started now with this statement: Glocks are the best functioning and best looking gun ever made. All 1911's are substandard junk and should be shipped to places like CA and NY. Also ... 9mm is a far better defensive round than .45

So....how long before he can have his gun back?   God knows he's gonna need it now more than ever.  He needs to rent a Uhaul and head to the midwest.  

I really think you guys are blowing this whole riot thing out of proportion. I do not think anything widespread will happen.

I pray there is no violence. My GF is at work on International Drive in Orlando right now. 

Either way, Zimmerman is screwed.  

That's why the media was on Trevon Martin's side. They get the black people all pumped up and then the verdict is Not Guilty and they get riots to cover. It's all about ratings. Without conflict, the media would go bankrupt, so they create their own conflict.  There is no justification for assaulting a person and George was attacked. It should never have come to trial but the media has been spinning this like a top. Twisting the facts and squeezing the emotions out of people. It makes me sick.

Name an irrational fear you may have.   For me   Being trapped in an elevator with both Nancy Grace and Jane Velez Mitchell.

Being targeted by the National media with false allegations where you are seen guilty by mass public opinion and never stand a chance to regain the life you once had even though you are innocent. Oh wait... you said irrational

The Lady that is blind folded and holding the scales did Her job.

It's a good thing we have people on juries willing to look at facts and not substitute their opinions for those facts

If I ran Kel-Tec, I'd be in the first possible location and hand GZ a new PF-9.

Looks like Justice has been done, like everyone wanted.   Now we watch while street justice happens so people can have an excuse to go loot some new $300 sneakers and LCD's

Stay on your toes my friends!

Yes!!! Stand your ground !!! F off nancy grace

No it isn’t. I have zero concerns about my ability to defend myself being impacted by this trial or verdict.

I just don't feel that guns are all that unpredictable. Don't pull the trigger and there won't be none. I can remember that with a half liter of tequila in my system. The problems with guns and alcohol come when somebody turns into an idiot, and thinks the rules have changed, like when, where, and what you can perforate.  

  It looks like they're doing something. That's all that matters to a politician. If they were required to get results, they would all be fired.

A child being hit in the head with a heavy grain bullet moving 300 fps is much different than an adult it think. Kinda like how a grown man can take a grown man punch, but a kid might easily be killed by such a blow.

  According to most media outlets, Zimmerman was guilty just because he had a gun. Wait, let me get it right... GUN!!!  :panic:  :panic:  :panic:

I sure do. Got detoured through there during the APSU homecoming parade. Didn't even know a place like that existed in good 'ol Clarksville and I had been here for a few years when I drove through there. Of course, I was probably safer there than any place else in Clarksville. The dealers ain't gonna let a cracker like me get popped in their distribution center.... bad for business if the Popo were to actually go down there.

After the verdict, I imagine the six jury-women will be OUTRAGED to discover that Saint Trayvon of Skittles' THUG history has been withheld from them.

Locked and loaded here. This is not a drill.   I've already clearly communicated to my beautiful and petite spouse that she will not be going to Walmart without a bodyguard (me) for the run-up to and aftermath of the Zimmerman verdict.   These circumstances have already extracted a renewed promise from her to acquire her Tennessee Handgun Carry Permit so she can carry her own weapon legally. (!!)   If you have an umbrella near at hand, it probably won't rain that day.

The risk isn't limited to Memphis...  There is a lot of zimmerman and zimmerman riot traffic on twitter coming from Jackson, and Nashville as well.  

http://youtu.be/Y0Rjn6W9jYk

I was thinking the same thing.

Once a person puts on the uniform of a public servant, be it police, soldier, or what have you, that person must represent society. I was often reminded of that overseas when I wanted to act a certain way but instead held back to represent the flag on my shoulder with honor.    It is even more important with folks that can easily violate your person and ruin your life through what to them is a simple arrest. Not only that but the officer in the video jumped immediately to being hurt because a citizen (not a prisoner, not a suspect other than going through a DUI checkpoint) questioned his non-life threatening directions. Now that is not honorable behavior, nor is it acceptable from a public servant. Furthermore in the longer dashcam you can hear more of the conversation that seems to me at least to prove the point that he was trying to intimidate a citizen.    I am sorry, I want to go back to the days of my early adult life when I was not concerned about approaching an officer and asking for directions. Now officers to often are being reported in the news as using things like that to get a arrest, or for having a bad attitude that results in the same - looking for an arrest.    Folks who think the kid got what he deserved should think well what if you were in that situation. The kid did not raise his voice, curse the officer, or anything of the kind. He simply questioned what he had to do. Officers do not know the law, they know how to get through the law to articulate things like reasonable suspicion and probable cause so that they can do their jobs. Lawyers do not know all of the law - they know a small piece of what they work in criminal law. Otherwise we would not need lawyers that specialize in self defense or in tax code cases.    This is why we are supposed to screen and monitor police to make sure we hire ethical folks who want to serve the public and not bullies. Law enforcement officers really do not have the luxury of having a bad day and taking that to work with them. Caesar's wife must be above reproach. Dignity and respect. 

...but Myth Busters said....     LOL

We got involved in Egypt originally because of pressure to the WH by McCain and Graham ( and other NeoCons) to back the  then rebels. ( How soon we forget what really goes on!) We need to stay out of the Middle east completely. If anybody attacks Israel then we come to her aid, otherwise back off! This is an Islamic problem and we are Christians, and we have nothing to gain. Contrary to popular belief we are not dependent on Middle East Oil. The only ME oil we use in quantity is Saudi and they don't like any of the other ME nations! We could even cut off from Saudi Arabia and make up the difference overnight with more oil from Canada and Mexico.

I'm sure they'll replace her with a Field Marshall of similar character and moral flexibility.

She IS on her way to another job. Don't worry... Obama has an endless supply of worthless replacement candidates.

Not no, but HELL NO! I drink like a fish and pull off the pistol, set it on top of the safe and before I ever take a drink. I never drink in public. Ever. You're gonna get a great deal of argument here, hopefully a peaceful intelligent argument but you asked for an opinion and mine is NEVER and I personally judge anyone who does as lacking in judgment. I don't care what a person THINKS their tolerance for alcohol is. No. Period.

Keep the grass cut short around the pond and remove any brush or other hiding places for critters.  Snakes like to hide and hunt other critters that hide in areas where there's cover.  And you really want the snakes there as they do an excellent job of controlling the population of other less desirable critters.    Designate a "play area".  Play here, stay away from there.  Teach them to identify the various snakes they might see.    http://tennessee.gov/twra/pdfs/snakesposter.pdf   http://www.tnwatchablewildlife.org/display2.cfm?habitat=&sort=aounumber&typename=reptile&Taxonomicgroup=Reptile%20-%20Snakes   That said, do what you need to do to protect the kiddies. 

Good to see NG pissed on...oh wait, you said LOOKED pissed on...my bad.

Justice, has been served

HELL YEAH!!!!

No...only the "white-Hispanics" will. Damn I guess I better get ready to riot, just in case. I mean considering that I am a McBeaner (Irish & Mexican) would that make me a "white -Hispanic"?

That cop was pretty crusty. I figure they'll send him to charm school so citizens quit getting butt hurt by his actions. When it comes down to it, I don't think he violated any rights. He certainly didn't manhandle anybody. He's not one of the juiced up Rambo types that scare me. He's old school crusty. I've seen them my whole life. When it comes to wishing for the good old days, I want to go back to the days when men didn't wear panties :)

Let alone the facts that when you make jokes like this to someone you don't know, maybe, just maybe the person you are joking with has a child in the family with Down's Syndrome and finds not a damn thing funny about such jokes. But I would not expect Sam to know that.   Jokes over. Carry on!   DaveS

Conspiracy theory:  They have agreed to not guilty and didn't want to bring back a verdict that quick to reduce the perception that they didn't give it due consideration.  We can hope can't we.   I actually think it will be a hung jury.  I can't for the life of me believe that out of 6 hopefully reasonable people that one won't hold out for not guilty even under pressure to do the emotional thing.

I only drink when I am disarmed, usually this is a single pour of whisky as a nightcap. Otherwise I generally just don't drink so it's a non-issue.   A family member en-grained this into my skull from a very young age. There was a pistol and a flask of whisky sitting on the dresser, I could only choose one. If I chose the pistol I could also have the keys to his car for the night, choose the flask and I was hanging out at home. If I came home on time there would be a single pour of whisky on the dresser where the flask had been for a nightcap after I put the pistol away and returned his keys. If I came home late(only happened once or twice) there was the now empty glass sitting on a note that we would "talk in the morning".   My routine hasn't changed much in the last 20 years and I still almost always choose the pistol and the car keys and return home to my nightcap though I have to pour it myself and pay for the whisky these days. :-\

Failing to understand how exercising one's constitutional rights is "giving a cop grief". A right not exercised is a right lost.